Chapter 1

Getting Started

This chapter explains what you need to do to get
started with the Java Management Extensions (JMX) examples. It
provides instructions that apply to all
the examples described in the subsequent chapters.

Platform Information

All variable assignments and commands in the
examples in this tutorial were defined using UNIX Korn shell
syntax. If you are running a shell other than the Korn shell on a
UNIX or Linux platform, you must adapt these commands to your
preferred shell environment.

If you are running a Microsoft Windows operating
environment, in the majority of cases, adapting commands will
simply involve replacing forward slashes (/) with backward slashes (\) and replacing colons (:) with semi-colons (;)
in the paths. A specific Microsoft Windows command is given only
when it differs significantly from the UNIX/Linux command
provided.

Examples Directory

The examples that form the basis of this tutorial
are all accessible from the JMX page in the Java Platform, Standard
Edition (Java SE) documentation bundle, found in the following
location:

The code excerpts quoted in this tutorial are
taken from these example programs. However, some code excerpts
might be rearranged and comments might be changed. Program listings
in the tutorial usually simplify comments and omit output
statements, for space considerations. Some classes or sections of
code that deserve special attention have been highlighted using
bold text for the purposes of this tutorial.

Working Directory

To preserve untouched copies of the original
example files, create a new directory in which to compile and run
the examples.

Create a new working directory.

This working directory is referred to as
work_dir throughout this tutorial.